Tier 4 and 5 Gear Availability

[stsonap]

At what point in the game do get access to a)loot and b)craft tier 4 items? Also, at what point do tier 5 items start dropping?

Based on the pattern seen through level 6, I suspect that tier 4 items will appear on level 7 and tier 5 on level 9. As for crafting tier 4, I suspect the blueprint will show up between mid-level 7 and early level 8. Please confirm or correct. :)

[Panterich]

The only thing i can confirm is that you will see drops before blueprint and that you can`t craft Tier V (also no tier IV+ iirc).

[stsonap]

Right, no tier III+, either, per wiki. Hoping that the linear progression through level 6 continues and I’ll actually have a few levels to unleash my optimized crafted gear – been hoarding all of my crystals and forges until tier IV crafting is available, since taking advantage of the infinite crystals from practice grounds issue seems abusive despite devs’ decision not to handle it.

[Event Horizon]

Hello stsonap --- after Tier II+ the next tiers are III, IV and V (which cannot be crafted).

Regarding infinite crystals - not sure what you mean. Challenges are meant to give the players the means to get more crafting options and unique items, especially if they attempt at epic where multiple weapon and gear setups are necessary, however - the amount here is finite.

[Panterich]

Originally posted by Event Horizon:

Hello stsonap --- after Tier II+ the next tiers are III, IV and V (which cannot be crafted).

Regarding infinite crystals - not sure what you mean. Challenges are meant to give the players the means to get more crafting options and unique items, especially if they attempt at epic where multiple weapon and gear setups are necessary, however - the amount here is finite.

We discussed it recently here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/617480/discussions/0/1732089092447786304/

And my original report about it was here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/617480/discussions/0/1696048426809217134/

[stsonap]

Originally posted by Panterich:

Originally posted by Event Horizon:

Hello stsonap --- after Tier II+ the next tiers are III, IV and V (which cannot be crafted).

Regarding infinite crystals - not sure what you mean. Challenges are meant to give the players the means to get more crafting options and unique items, especially if they attempt at epic where multiple weapon and gear setups are necessary, however - the amount here is finite.

We discussed it recently here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/617480/discussions/0/1732089092447786304/

And my original report about it was here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/617480/discussions/0/1696048426809217134/

Was this the only discussion of the infinite crystals issue? If so, I suspect that it was overlooked, since it’s a short blurb in the middle of a long list of issues. I didn’t see a reply from devs to that specific point.

[stsonap]

Since I already beat the game, I now can answer my own questions. :)

Tier IV gear first appears on level 7 (middle) and the recipe to craft it shows up about 25% into level 8. Tier V gear starts to appear about 25% into level 8, too. Epic turned into story mode once I unloaded all of my hoarded crystals and forges after finding the tier IV blueprint.